On these interwebs, fans of mantitty are hard to come by. And I’m most certainly not one. But they are out there in legions, man, legions.

And no, it’s not contrary at all. The original PA cover made me walk on clouds. I luurrved it.

Am I being contrary though if I tell you that I absolutely ADORED the original PA cover?

<– not a fan of man-titty covers

Worry not. An honest opinion rarely upsets me.

And thanks for all your kind words!

I think publishers get tired of the same mantitty covers too–which is exactly what an editor from my house said at RWA Nationals last year.

But there is the desire of the publisher to have different covers, and there is the reality of the marketplace.

The new covers don’t stand out in any way, except for being colorful. They look like every other romance cover, and would send me scrambling for a brown paper wrapper, I’m afraid.

I will still read your books, of course, but I really wish the publisher hadn’t decided to go with clinch covers.

Yes, I can’t repeat enough how fabulous my publisher is.

And thanks for the pimpin’. I hope to return the favor soon.

I’m on the ‘don’t completely change the cover unless it’s completely ugly’ bandwagon, I like having my original covers and seem to identify the book inmy head with the cover image. I HATe when I go back and say,”No way, this is NOT the same book. The guy on the cover was blonde/shorter/hairier, etc.”

BUT, I am ssoooooo glad you have a pub who appreciates you and recognizes your ability to fill pages with excellent story, no matter the outside image. YAY! Can’t wait for the new one, you KNOW I’ll be pimpin’ it!
HeatherB
http://www.blazeofbeauty.com

(I feel strangely disrespectful somehow, addressing you by your handle! I think in the future I’ll call you PI. )

I do prefer the new PA cover to the new D cover, for the lack of mantitty and the fab pose. But I didn’t think of prom dresses! LOL. What I did think was I wish for a book with such a heavy food bent, the color would be more foody, you know, something that might make me think of peaches, or strawberries, or cream, or heck, even chocolate.

Claire,

Apparently that is how the romance browser’s mind works! I guess until we come out with our own MPAA system, that’s what we are stuck doing.

(And now I finally understand why Laura Kinsale had all those mantitty covers. Cuz she wrote commensurately hot books.)

Evangeline,

I couldn’t agree more! I usually only ask myself what more I can do for my publisher.